The National Dissemination Leadership Project (NDLP) is a special project of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) funded by the National Institute of Education (NIE). The project provides a secretariate to facilitate communication among state education agencies (SEAs), NIE, and other agencies and individuals concerned with improving dessemination programs in education and to encourage development of such programs at the state levels. This report lists the objectives of NDLP, presents the organization's background, discusses the organization of CCSSO, and presents a series of premises expressed by SEA representatives of SEAs' responsibility in terms of dissemination. The final portion of the report restates each NDLP objective, explains the efforts that have been made to meet each objective, states observations, and offers recommendations. (MLF)